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Report: Harvin won’t play Sunday

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Listed as doubtful with an ankle that he says was sprained in three places, the reality reportedly is that Vikings receiver Percy Harvin is out for Sunday’s “not ‘must’ win but game they’ve gotta have” against the Lions. Adam Schefter of ESPN …

CNNSI.com

HOUSTON (AP) James Harden scored 20 points, Omer Asik had 14 and the Houston Rockets beat the winless Detroit Pistons 96-82 on Saturday night in their first game without coach Kevin McHale.

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

If the Minnesota Vikings are going to get their woeful passing game going on Sunday, they will have to do it without star receiver Percy Harvin.

Josh Katzenstein , detnews.com

The Lions kick off their second half Sunday against division rival Minnesota, but that doesn't mean there's suddenly more urgency in the locker room. If there was some magic intensity lever, the Lions (4-4) pulled it to full throttle weeks ago.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Vikings have slid from 4-1 to 5-4.  In their final game before the bye week, they host the Lions, a 2011 playoff team that has climbed out of an early-season hole to get to .500. Minnesota defensive end Jared Allen knows that his team can’t afford …

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh’s numbers have declined across the board since his rookie year: He had more tackles, sacks, passes defensed and forced fumbles as a rookie than he has had in his second and third seasons combined. But Suh insists tha…

nba.com

THE FACTS: Thunder forward Serge Ibaka set a career high with 25 points and Kevin Durant scored a season-high 27 to go along with 13 rebounds as Oklahoma City grinded out a 105-94 win over the winless Detroit Pistons.

John Niyo, detnews.com

The weekly NFL injury report is not unlike a child's Christmas list. Not unlike the ones already circulating around my house, at least. The lists typically are a bit unrealistic — at times laughably so.

detnews.com

The Vikings are reeling. QB Christian Ponder is scuffling and, at a time when the Lions run game is showing life, the Vikings have allowed 165.8 yards the last four games.

Josh Katzenstein , detnews.com

A three-TD game against the Jaguars could give Mikel Leshoure a little more confidence. Leshoure struggled against the Vikings in Week 4, rushing 13 times for 26 yards with a sore groin.